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Area > Comparative slightly smaller than Texas
Area > Land	647,500 sq km		[41st of 238]
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Area > Total	647,500 sq km		[47th of 250]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Capital city with population Kabul - (est. 3,000,000 to 4,000,000)
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Climate arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Forested Land	2.1%		[178th of 193]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Geographic coordinates	33 00 N, 65 00 E
Source: FAO
Land boundaries > Border countries China 76 km, Iran 936 km, Pakistan 2,430 km, Tajikistan 1,206 km, Turkmenistan 744 km, Uzbekistan 137 km
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Land use > Arable land	12.13%		[93rd of 258]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city	Kabul
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Largest city population	2,029,000		[51st of 174]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Largest city with population Kabul - (est. 3,000,000 to 4,000,000)
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Location Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook, City Population, CIA World Factbook, World Gazetteer, Official government websites.
Map references Asia
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Natural resources natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones
Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
Population density	39.88 people per sqkm		[153rd of 256]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Population density > people per sq. km	21.48 people/m²		[142nd of 204]
Source: Heal The World Foundation.
Precipitation	313 mm		[80th of 95]
Source: World Development Indicators database
Surface area > sq. km	652,090 km²		[40th of 206]
Source: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
tallest mountains > Mountain	Nowshak
Source: World Development Indicators database

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